Automobile-horn.



. and useful .Improve 45' "gine 'l'lie plate '17 provided on its inner -side-'witli two projecting spring fingers- 1 3 .wliiehit against the opposite sides of the "disk yiei'iingiyA hein.

the tube. and forming a closure for the saine,

` 'a jay fronilsaidftibe to pen h to a. 4er'i'upling -To aZZ/whomz't may concern;

'ci the tube or barre pani/ing drawing 'indicates the' barrelo stepped end 1G areltf 35 o fgases to. tl'ie tube.

' DEER@ wie@ I e it known that'LxDnL'RoY Fimnma citizen of 'the 'Unitedz States, 'f residing at,

Cleveland, inthe county'of-Cuyalioga'and -p which worlis 'beside the corresponding piece f '10.- 'A s'p'rmg 6 is 'connected to the, plate 9 State of Ohio,4 have inyen'ted ceI ta iii .';-newf ents in e.' Automobile-I Horns, of whichthe fell wing tion.".-.'

and is 'adapted foi-.eo pipe of theautoi'nobil' (int` exliaiistgases.

The object .of.tlie" 'ii'i v entin 'an improved liorn '-i. fwliic particularly hy vthe ab en sound being eontroil'e by nie n s mally'` cles d agains soundv is 'producedy :the .1L '1.11.

permit vibration oflth ii The inventionfis``ll Figure 1- 'is a. plan 2 is a similar View. atga. righ l' Referring speeifie'al tot ie ij 'f'..thef Avided by aeentralpai coin part ments Awliieli '.1

to prodi'iee a eliord.'- '1* I7 indicates va va'lveplate.controlling. inlet A jerpss.-'p' ece 1 1 isi fixed to this plate, with 'its ends 'projecting' through slots`S .in' fixed' guide lpieces' 10. which are fastened to opposite sidesfoftlie frontend of the horn and; also toopposite sides of :i tube section QO wliieh'isattaclied,

l5 byineaiis of which the device 'may be screwed ontoithe end of thev or dinan-y .exhaust 'pipe of .an automobile' en' partition 12 and which wll'move in-"and outzagainst said partition, with' sliglt friction, the purpose of these fiiigei's ing to 'same in 'proper relation and position with respectto'the--tube At, one end, the crossv ieee Il is'attached to a sliding plate 'atl-ene 'of itse'nds, and a' pull cord 21 is con# eted' tothe otherend of the plate' 9. The

t i'to' y'the corresponding'. guide creeis' a' space between ateill'bejdirected thereby in an anof a vibrat''iif'y'f'plate which normally aetsas li closure o'ithe 'tube of t-lie horn but which f i'n'ay h efi'noved towziid thedelivery tiihe .n `n."liifehj position,it will direct gases iinping'iigagainst 'the same,toward the' bell or tabel to f'produce ,the desired sound or signal,` A

'ilierinuentioiiv is not limited to the exact, form shown and described, but the construcption inay-be varied in a number of ways, :within the scope of th'e following claims.

l claim: v

1. A .horn 'comprising a tube., .a pipe adapted to directilnid 'towardthe nio'ntli of 'said tubi-.,siiid tube and pipebeing spaced n, ends'of the tubes 7 and 20.

" guide theiplate'or'disk 17 and to bold the to' form 'lateral openings -tlierebet\veen,'

guides extending across s aid space, arvalve againsttlie mouth of a cross piece attached to said disk and slidable on the guides, end. means to move said disk from` seidV mouth,va1nd toward the end of the dlsk'opposite to the tube.

of the pipe, to open the tube.

2. A horn comprising a tube having a e 5 partition therein, a valve disk having spring fingers embracing said partition, said d isk being-1ocated at the mouth ofthe tube and movable ajnaily toward and from thesame,

and a pipe for fluid directed toward the side In testimony whereof, I do afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. DELROYFIFIELD, Witnesses: A A JOHN A. BoMMHAimT,

ARCHE FIFIELD. 

